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Kabakci, Omer Faruk; Ergene, Tuncay; Dogan, Nuri – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2019
The character strengths and virtues approach is a classification system to examine the characteristics of good character in terms of twenty-four strengths and six virtues. This study was designed to investigate the psychometric properties regarding the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the VIA-Youth. A tool developed to evaluate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Characteristics, Resilience (Psychology), Values
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Roest, Jesse; van der Helm, Peer; Strijbosch, Eefje; van Brandenburg, Mariëtte; Stams, Geert Jan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: This study examined the construct validity and reliability of a therapeutic alliance measure (Children's Alliance Questionnaire [CAQ]) for children with psychosocial and/or behavioral problems, receiving therapeutic residential care or day care in the Netherlands. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis of a one-factor model ''therapeutic…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Construct Validity, Test Reliability, Questionnaires
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Markstrom, Carol A.; Marshall, Sheila K. – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The psychosocial inventory of ego strengths (PIES) was devised as a measure of Erikson's eight ego strengths. The present investigation extended previous research through examination of the validity and reliability of the PIES among 502 high school students. The study also included an appraisal of Erikson's ego strengths as indices of psychosocial…
Descriptors: High School Students, Self Concept, Psychometrics, Age Differences
Buhendwa, Frank M. – 1996
Current research suggests that teacher development evolves in stages, and that teacher concerns as professionals are central to teacher development. The concerns theory suggests that teacher growth involves a gradual change from concerns about self, to concerns about the task at hand, to concerns about the connections and implications of self,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Check Lists, Construct Validity, Education Majors
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Brown, Scott C.; Greene, Jeffrey A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
In a previous study, a conceptual model of wisdom was created (Brown, 2004a) to better understand integrated learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to measure this wisdom construct. This article discusses salient aspects of the extant professional literature regarding the measurement of wisdom and details the efforts to…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Models